TCI Lesson 1 The First Americans

Which of the following is the MAIN reason that the first Americans migrated from Asia to the Americas?

• They were in search of food

• to locate fertile farmland

• to flee from hostile tribes

• They were in search of a better climate

How do historians learn how American Indians lived so long ago?

• They read their journals

• They study their artifacts

• They live in their shelters

• They speak to their families

American Indians who lived on the Plains wore clothing made from animal hides. Which of these was an important economic activity in this region?

• fishing

• mining

• hunting

• gathering

Using the map (North American Land Claims), which European country controlled present-day Florida in 1750?

• Great Britain

• France

• Spain

• Russia

How was it possible for the Mesa people to grow corn in the desert?

• They used rain barrels

• They dug irrigation ditches

• They traded their crops for water

• They planted drought-tolerant corn

Which of these was most important in determining the way of life of an American Indian group?

• food sources

• language skills

• land ownership

• religious celebrations

What was Beringia?

• A land bridge that may have existed between Alaska and Siberia that enabled migration of humans and animals to North America

• A waterway between present-day Russia and Alaska

• A land bridge that connected North America with South America

• The material American Indians used to build boats to migrate from one area to another

Which of these describes how American Indians viewed their environment?

• They believed they owned the land on which they lived

• They believed the land should remain unchanged

• They believed they were a part of a community of living things

• They believed they were rulers of the region in which they lived

Use the cultural regions map. As a resident of Florida, which American Indian Cultural Region do you live in?

• Great Basin

• Great Plains

• Southwest

• Southeast

How do most scientists think people migrated from Asia to the Americas during the last Ice Age?

• They sailed across a narrow strait

• They traveled south from Canada

• They traveled across a land bridge

• They sailed to Mexico and then drifted north